The question was: You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your original density. You are then thrown into an empty glass blender. The blades will start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do?

Answer: Lots of variants but one is that you jump out. According to the square-cube law your strength-to-mass ratio should have changed, allowing you to be much stronger for your size and jump really high, like an insect.

We've scoured job-hunting site Glassdoor.com and interview training site Impact Interview and found a number of difficult questions that other tech companies have actually asked.Question from Salesforce.com

“How would you direct traffic in the result of a catastrophic earthquake?”

Possible answer: This clearly falls into the "brain teaser category" looking for problem-solving skills, as we can't think of a case where a customer service analyst will be asked to become a traffic cop after an catastrophic earthquake.

Have fun with the answer, while explaining how you help people avoid torn up streets and drive to safety.